What is a typical breakfast in Japan and/or in China? -

I ve had lots of Japanese and Chinese food for lunch and dinner, but in conversation today realized I have no idea what is in a typical breakfast in Japan or in China. What s a typical breakfast meal in those countries?

Chinese breakfasts vary greatly between different regions. Except for Hong Kong, Western types of breakfasts or their derivatives are rarely eaten. In Northern China breakfast fare typically includes huājuǎn, mántou (steamed breads), shāobǐng (unleavened pocket-bread with sesame), bāozi (steamed buns with meat or vegetable stuffing), with Dòunǎi or dòujiāng (soy milk) or tea served in Chinese style as beverages. Also, popular breakfast is congee or rice porridge. A traditional Japanese breakfast is based on rice, seafood, and fermented foods, which do not differ substantially from dishes eaten at other meals in Japanese cuisine. An exception is nattō (a type of fermented soybeans), which is rarely eaten outside of breakfast. A typical Japanese restaurant breakfast presentation would be miso soup, rice with nori or other garnishes, nattō, grilled fish, raw egg, and a pickled vegetable. The influence of Japanese travelers has made this traditional breakfast a standard option on the menus of many upscale hotels world-wide. It is common in Japanese households to include left-over items from the last evening s dinner in the next day s breakfast. Western breakfast foods such as toast and boiled or fried eggs are also common, cereals are becoming popular. Typical breakfast beverages are green tea (traditional) and coffee (modern).

My mother usually has miso soup mixed with rice and egg. She s lived in the United States for 49 years although she was born and raised in Japan.

In Japan I often had natto with a quail s egg and maguro. I m very interested in what is breakfast in China. It seems odd, doesn t it, that no one thinks to go to a foreign-cuisine restaurant for breakfast. I wish the idea would catch on.

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It varies in China s regions. Down south- mainly congee and pickled side dishes, or fried dough, and soybean milk (both sweet and salty types), and up north, white buns, steam dumplins, and congee.

These are common breakfast items in China: soya bean milk, steam dumplings, bowl of soup noodles, plain rice porridge with pickles, deep-fried dough, dimsum... Eggs, cereals, sandwich bread, coffee are uncommon people food; available only in international class hotels and western-style coffee houses. This morning i had a bowl of soupy rice noodles with bits of braised pork, pickles and dried chillies - it s tasty but filling.

maguro is tuna and natto is disgusting, it s fermented soy beans.

Chinese typical breakfast would be - congee with yau char kuai - fried noddle - dim sum - tea with bun Bottom line, Chinese need to intake food with carbohydrate in morning to have the energy to work. Due to heavy influence, Chinese also eat just like Westerners. Breakfast like - cereals - bread, toast, pancake - egg, bacon amp; sausages

natto is sticky fermented soy beans. they are really mucousy and sometimes the beans are whole and sometimes they re chopped.

I can only say from what have observed in the hospital, and working in a nursing home. I have noticed that Chinese patients often get Jook (Congee) for breakfast. Jook is a type of soup made with rice and either chicken or turkey. My Japanese patients tend to have miso soup, soft cooked rice, and tofu. Granted, we don t have a huge selection of choices in the hospital, but both cultures tend to stay away from traditional western breakfast items.

The most People eat Soup in the morning

google it. my aunt is from thailand, and she normally eats mango with sticky rice for breakfast.

Rice, they treat it like a breakfast cereal, adding sugar, milk, etc.

Japan - fruit and rice China - bowl of rice and some rat meat